But alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you eat up the houses of widows, and for a pretext make long prayers. For this reason, you shall receive the greater condemnation.

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you close the kingdom of heaven in the face of men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you suffer those who are entering, to go in.

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is made, you make him twofold more a child of hell than yourselves.

Alas for you, blind guides! who say, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, becomes a debtor.

Fools and blind! for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

Fools and blind! for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, its justice, its mercy, and its faithfulness. These you ought to have done, and those you ought not to have neglected.

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you make clean the outside of the cup and the plate; but within they are full of rapine and excess.

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitened sepulchers, which without appear beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the sepulchers of the righteous,

For this reason, behold, I send you prophets and wise men and scribes; and some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

For I say to you, That you shall not see me henceforth, till you shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.

For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and will deceive many.

And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that you be not troubled, for all things must be fulfilled; but the end is not yet.

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in various places.

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole habitable earth, for a testimony to all nations, and then shall the end come.

But alas for those who are with child, and those who give suck in those days!

for then shall be great affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the world till now, nor shall ever be.

For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

For as the lightning comes out from the east, and shines even to the west, so also shall the coming of the Son of man be.

For wherever the carcass is, there will the vultures come together.

And he will send his angels with a trumpet of great voice, and they shall gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, till the day in which Noah entered the ark,

"Watch, therefore, for you know not at what hour your Lord is coming.

For this reason, be you also ready; for at an hour in which you think not, the Son of man comes.

the master of that servant will come in a day in which he looks not for him, and at an hour which he knows not,

And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are going out.

But the wise answered, saying: Lest there may not be enough for us and you, go rather to those who sell, and buy for your selves.

Afterward the other virgins also came, and said: Lord! Lord! open for us.

Watch, therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

For as a man, on leaving his country, called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods:

For to every one that has, it shall be given, and he shall have abundance. But from him that has not, even that which he has shall be taken away.

Then the King will say to those on his right hand: Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

For I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave- me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me to your houses;

Then will he say to those on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.

For I was hungry, and you gave me no food; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;

But when his disciples saw it, they were displeased, and said: For what purpose was this waste?

For this could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

Jesus perceived it, and said to them: Why do you trouble the woman? For she has performed a good work upon me.

For you have the poor always with you, but me you have not always.

For in pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial.

Verily I say to you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, this also which she has done shall be told for a memorial of her.

On the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, and said to him: Where dost thou wish that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

The Son of man goes, as it is written of him; but alas for that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up! It would have been good for that man, if he had not been born.

for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many in order to the remission of sins.

Then Jesus said to them: All of you will he offended at me this night; for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.

Peter said to him: Though it should be necessary for me to die with thee, I will not deny thee. In like manner said all the disciples.

And he came and found them sleeping again, for their eyes were heavy.

Jesus said to him: Friend, for what purpose have you come? Then they came, and laid hands on Jesus, and held him fast.

Then Jesus said to him: Put back your sword into its place; for all that take the sword, shall perish by the sword.

What think you? They answered and said: He is a subject for death.

After a little while, those who stood by came and said to Peter: Of a truth you also are one of them, for your speech betrays you.

And they took counsel, and bought with it the potter's field, as a burial-place for foreigners.

For this reason, that field is called the field of blood, to this day.

and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.

For he knew that through envy they had delivered him up.

While he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent to him, saying: Have nothing to do with that just man, for I have suffered much to-day in a dream, because of him.

He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he delights in him; for he said: I am the Son of God.

Some of those who were standing there, when they heard it, said: This man calls for Elijah.

This man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given.

And behold, there had been a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord having descended from heaven, came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

From fear of him the keepers did shake and become like dead men.

But the angel answered and said to the women: Fear not; for I know that you seek Jesus, who was crucified.

He is not here; for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

And they went out quickly from the sepulcher, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

Then Jesus said to them: Fear not; go, tell my brethren to go into Galilee, and there they shall see me.